Left Socialist Action

Political party in Russia

Left Socialist Action or Left Social Democrats[3] (LevSD Russian: Левое социалистическое действие / Левые социал-демократы, romanized: Levoye sotsialisticheskoye deystviye / Levie social-demokrati) is a social democratic and democratic socialist political organization in Russia founded in August 2007.[4][5]

The movement is part of the Union of Democratic Socialists.[6]

Ideology

According to the statements of one of the leaders of the movement, Nikolay Kavkazsky (also member of Yabloko),[7] the LevSD "is equally far removed from Bolshevik authoritarianism and from the opportunism of modern right-wing social democrats". In the "Declaration of the Socialists of Russia", the current state system, in particular, is characterized as nomenclature, authoritarian and Bonapartist. The document enshrined the social democrats' rejection of clericalism and obscurantism, xenophobia and poverty. According to the movement, social democracy implies a secular state, free democratic elections, support for trade unions, affordable housing and medicine, the introduction of a progressive tax, the correspondence of the minimum wage to the living wage, the rejection of all types of discrimination and respect for nature.[4]

Activities

LevSD activists participated in many opposition protests: such as Strategy-31, Rallies on Bolotnaya Square,[8][9] as well as trade union, environmental, feminist, pro-minorities and pro-LGBT rallies.[4][10][11][12][13][14]

In 2014, LevSD supported Euromaidan in Ukraine.[15]

In 2022, the activists of the movement participated in anti-war and anti-censorship protests in Russia.[16][17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ "XIII съезд ЛевСД впервые прошёл в дистанционном формате". 14 March 2023.
  2. ^ "О нас". 19 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Демократический социализм и левые социал-демократы: ЛевСД представило свою идеологию на XII съезде". Левое Социалистическое Действие (in Russian). 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  4. ^ a b c "Другой социализм". Радио Свобода (in Russian). 6 December 2013. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  5. ^ "ДР ЛСД 2020". Левое Социалистическое Действие (in Russian). 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  6. ^ Рабкор.ру. "СДС: Строим социал-демократию вместе –" (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  7. ^ "Кавказский Николай Юрьевич". Партия Яблоко (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  8. ^ ""Марш миллионов – кровавое воскресенье"". www.index.org.ru. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  9. ^ "Москва-река "расколола" оппозицию :: Политика :: Top.rbc.ru". 2012-03-23. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  10. ^ "Оппозицию поощрили". www.mk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  11. ^ "50 человек собралось на ЛГБТ-марше в Москве — Журнал "Шум"". shuum.ru. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  12. ^ "Левое Социалистическое Действие устроило шествие в защиту гомосексуалистов". stringer-news.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  13. ^ "Активисты Левого Социалистического Действия призвали на Дне гнева бороться с гомофобией". 2014-01-23. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  14. ^ ""Левое социалистическое действие" провело пикеты в поддержку медсестер из Коломны, которые объявили голодовку ▸ Последние новости". koronavirus.center (in Russian). 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  15. ^ "Резолюция пленума ЛевСД по Украине". Левое Социалистическое Действие (in Russian). 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  16. ^ "Нет войне! Активисты участвуют в акциях протеста". Левое Социалистическое Действие (in Russian). 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  17. ^ "Свердловская власть отказала в митинге в защиту свободы слова, не поняв его цель". www.kasparov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  18. ^ "В Екатеринбурге активист вышел в пикет в поддержку "Вечерних ведомостей"". Вечерние ведомости. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  19. ^ "Власти не согласовали оппозиционное шествие и митинг "За мир" 1 мая в Екатеринбурге". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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